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Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1925-08-14

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1925-08-14, page 01

Central Ohio'a Only
lewlsh Newspaper Rsadting Every Home
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPEk FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Dgfotsd to Jlnmiksm
and
lartAldeaU
Volume VIII —No. 3.
aiHavP Population
COLUMBUS, OlJlO, AUGUST 14, 1925
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
Palestine WUl A Jewish Populal Of 200,000 in 2 Years
120,000,000 Budget Required for
Next Two Years to Keep Pace
With Rapid Development
of Jewish HomeUtnd
IMPORTANT ISSUES TO
BE DISCUSSED AT THE VIENNA ZIONIST CONGRESS
NEW YORK.—Palestine will have a Jewish population of 200,000 in two years if thc present rate of immigra¬ tion is maintained, reauiring a budget of ^120,000,000 for that period to keep pace with the rapid development of thei country, according to Emanuel Neu¬ man, honorary secretary of the Keren' Hayesod, and chairman of the budge committee at the last congress.
Mr. Neuman, just prior to sailing for the Vienna congress, outlined in a state¬ ment, the most vital questions coming before the congress. The paramount problem, he emphasized, was to provide sufficient funds to extend the Zionist' colonization program in Palestifae so that the present high immigration, which in June reached 4200, can be maintained and absorbed in the growing life of the country.
Half of the $20,000,000 required for the next two years to meet the rapid upbuilding of the country, Mr. Neu¬ man pointed out, should be provided in the form of investments approved by Zionist financial institutions. The re¬ maining $10,000,000 should be raised by increasing the funds at the disposal of the Keren Hayesod,' Jewish national fund, Hadassah and Hebrew university fund. Under his plan for the next two years contributions to the Keren Haye¬ sod must reach thc $6,000,000 mark; Jewish national fund, $3,000,000; with the balance of $1,000,000 coming from Hadassah and the Hebrew university fund.
' "The extension of the Jewish agency in its essential features: will, no doubt, be carried at the congress," Mr. Neu¬ man-stated. "There will be a debate, - '^yf^eouriiefAaiit the- subjeet hits- tost of its edge. If will neither be attacked nor defended with the same passion of two years ago. Circumstances have changed.
"I believe that our, chief immediate concern must be first, to maintain the present rate of immigration' into Pal- " estine, which would mean with the next congress^ a liopulation of at least 200,- 000 Jews; secondly, the absorption of thc general economic life of the coun¬ try; and, thirdly, the settling of a suf¬ ficient number on .the land to offset the rapid growth of the towns. These must be our principal tasks between our next congress. Tl>e Jewish agency even if it is constituted and functioning by the end of this year can hardly be expected at ithe beginning to bring a great measure of support, particularly in view of the heavy responsibilities which' have been assumed by many leaders of American Jewi-y in connection with re- , lief and the Crimean colonization. It will, therefore, be necessary for the Zionist forces to redouble their efforts during the next two years.
"I have received Dr. Ruppin's' pro¬ posed draft of the new budget which ^ represents an increase of nearly 50 per cent over the old budget. No doubt we Americans will be required to assume a larger obligation than heretofore, par¬ ticularly since thc European countries have greatly increased their tontribu- tions to the Keren Hayesod in the past year.
"Even that will not solye the land problem which is perhaps the most pressing in Palestine today. Apart from political action calculated to ob¬ tain government grants of land, ex¬ traordinary measures must be taken to secure, if possible at one stroke, suffi¬ cient funds to enable the Jewish na¬ tional fund to acquire large tracts of land before they are out bf reach. "To keep pace with the rapid develop- (Concluded on page 4J
EXCELSIOR CLUB MEM¬ BERS, ATTENTION
Mr. Max Weinberger, president of the Excelsior Qub of Columbus, has just announced a Picnic-Dance for the members and their families Tuesday, August {!5, from 5 to 12 P. M. at the Green MiU.
Special arrangements are being made to afford every one attending a most pleas-^ ant time.
Watch the next issue of the Chronicle for more par- ticuhirs.
The Address of Barofi Edmond de Rothschild,
Delivered at Tel AViv, During His Recent
Visit to Palestine
Council in Momentous International Exposition At Philadelphia, in 192^
Jewish Woman's Work in the United States to be Featured by the Na¬ tional Council of Jewish Women.
NEW YORIC-In the Scsquicentcn- lial international exposition that is- to be held in Philadelphia in 1926, in com¬ memoration of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of In¬ dependence, the National Council of Jewish Women will be represented. Ir exhibit, this organization will fea¬ ture the contribution that has been made to the life of America by the Jewish womanhood of this land, ing through thc national council of Jewish women.
Among the activities that- will vividly portrayed are its work at the ports in welcoming the immigrant; its citizenship classes; its health and schol¬ arship program among the children of the public schools; its vacation camps to build vigorous motherhood, boyhood and girlhood; its work on the farms and in-the rural districts,, in developing a" growing'Jewish farmers' group; its civic programs; and the preparation of its own members for intelligent partici¬ pation 'in political affairs. The exhibit will also present the comprehensive philanthropic program of the national council of Jewish women in thc cities of the United States, as well as its re¬ ligious and cultural activities.
The national council of Jewish women has participated in many of the most significant expositions held in the United States. It was awarded a gold medal for the effectiveness of its ex¬ hibit at .the Jamestown exposition in 1007, in the very same year that it was given a similar recognition at the Paris exposition. These exhibits v. •angctl during the incumbency of Mrs. Hannah G. Solomon of Chicago, as the organization's president, A second rec ognition in America came from the Pan¬ ama-Pacific international exposition "af San Francisco in 1915, during the presi¬ dency of Mrs. 'Nathaniel E. Harris of Bradford, Pa. This exhibit, which had been arranged by Miss Rose Brenner of Brooklyn, N. Y., the present head of thc national council of Jewish women, was also awarded a gold medal.
The exhibit at the Sesquicentennial international exposition in Philadelphia next year will feature several tivities that have been undertaken since its.last public exhibit at any exposition.
The participation of the national council of Jewish women in the Phila¬ delphia exposition recalls thc interest¬ ing fact that its birth took place at the world's fair at Chicago in' 1893, where thc congress of Jewish women assem¬ bled under the leadership of Mrs, Han- nail G. Solomon for the world's par¬ liament of religions.
Dr. Lewis R. Basch
Announces Opening
of Dental Ofiices|
Dr. Lewis R. Basch, 1655 Franklin Ave., who graduated recently from the college of dentistry of Ohio State Uni¬ versity, has opened up offices in the Medical Arts building for the general practice of dentistry. Dr. Basch will specializte in ghildren's preventive dent¬ istry. Those desiring to make appoint¬ ments may call Citizen 3900 or Belt, M-1442.
The CuRONrcLE congratulates Basch upon his auspicious beginning and' trusts, that his endeavors will be fruit¬ ful of much success.
POLISH GOV. DISCHARGES WORK¬ ERS IN TOBACCO FACTORIES FOR REFUSAL TO WORK ON SATURDAY
WARSAW.-For declining to work on Saturday and Jewish holidays a num¬ ber of Jewish tobacco workers, mainly girls, ismployed in the tobacco factor¬ ies now owned by the government, were discharged.
Since the state monopoly has become | effective a tendency to discharge Jewish workers without compensation has be¬ come noticeable.
Three hundred Jewish weavers went on strike yesterday in Lodi because of the fact that their wages have not been paid.
Meet all your friends at the Ezras Noshim picnic tomorrow (Sunday), August 1, at Heimondale Grove.
I turn my heart full of gratitude towards the Almighty who has granted me the favor, in thc evening of my life, to witness the admirable spectacle of xtioii of Israel. When I Idbk back in my mind to the distant period of nearly d half century ago, when I commenced my work, and when I look back in my memory to the Palestine of those days, with its soil covered with stones, thistles and weetls, at' those unhappy fcUahins who rtied to wring from the barren
a meagre harvest, it all seems to mc like a dream.
Then, in the face of the terrible sufferings of the Jewish populatioi
crn Europe, crushed beneath the Weight of oppressions, terrorized by bloody pogroms, in spite of the deplorable slWe of Palestine, I saw salvation only in the return to the Holy Land. I believed that it was there that thc Jews would be able to show to the world their motal apd intellectual worth, as well as their capacity for work, and I entertained thc hope that Israel would take on new life in Eretz Yisroel.
A MOSTT hAppY REACTION
Far from me was the thought df an exodus of all the Jews in Palestine. I thought of thc establishment only of a. center as important as possible, -where there would develop the Jewish genilis and thc great intellectual culture of our race, to such an extent that it would have a most happy reaction upon the sit¬ uation of the Jews all over the world. But in order to attain that end, it was on land where it was necessary to bdgin by establishing the first foundation. It was necessary, to organize agricultural work. The pioneers of thc earliest days fought bravely against disease as well as against the. untractable land which showed itself unresponsive to all their efforts. The first groups soon became hamlets. Finally, after having triunlphed over all difficulties, material as well as political, those hamlets have becohic splendid colonies. They used to say mc in those remote days: "You are bliilding on sand," but this sand has changed into stone, and, as thc Psalmist says., this stone has become the ROSH PINAH, thc keystone of the arch of the great edifice of Israel.
Thc sight of these fields so well' cultivated, these orchards, these vineyards, these orange groves that stand out like an oasis! of verdure in these desert plains, will attest the perseverance, the ardor for work of the Jews. The pression which it has made in the wdrld was of tremendous service to the J< ish cause, when the generous movement, created by ah inspiration stamped with so much grandeur, inspired a sentiment of solidarity among the Jews and as¬ sumed such large proportions that it brought about, since the peace treaty, the proclamation of a national home.
That thc ieaders of great states have proclaimed the Jewish national home, that the League of Nations has recognized it,—should we not see in this the realization of that prediction which, during so many long centuries of suffering and woe had sustained the courage of our ancestors and which, after two mil- lenia, finds itself realized? "A day will come when all the nations of the world will bring back the Israelites to the Holy Land." What joy to live at this blessed time when one can say that that day has come!
Since that, time, what a marvellous sight is this, surpassing all that for which the imagination cvould ha^fk hoped. In the past four years, under the able ad¬ ministration of Sir Herbert Samuel, just towards all, without distinction of race] or religion, which has reestablished, «MJcr and peace in this country, where be¬ fore was a most arbitrary government, to what heights has Israel been able to soar!
On all sides there .have sprupg up new colonies which, in time, will equal the older ones in prosperity. Towns, completely Jewish, have been established. Tel Aviv has become a large city, a veritable human hive, buzzing with activity and labor. Private initiative has created here industries of every sort, and thus with the progress which the colonies have made, we can say that the national home is supported on two solid foundations,—agriculture and industry.
MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL LABOR
But that which should constitute the truly Jewish character of the national home is moral and intellectual labor; it is in this direction above all that the Jewish genius can develop. Thus, the opening of the university ought to be recorded as a great event in the modern history of Judaism. Having, as we do, in the various countries throughout the world, in every, branch of science, so many worthy representatives, why may we not presage that the Jewish uni¬ versity will shine with great splendor, both in the domain of pure science as well as in the realm of sublime speculative thought, philosophic and religious, and that that we will produce some day more Einstcins and more Bergson
It is in Hebrew, the language of our forefathers, that instruction will be given at the university. From my very first.visit to the colonies, I have insisted that the instruction in the schools be given in Hebrew, i and I was able to at¬ test before long, to my joy, that Hebrew had again became a living tongue. The Jews, coming from different countries, were thus able'to converse comnion language, which established for them a bond between the present and the past, re-linking them to the soul of our ancestors. While language pro¬ motes cohesion between people, it does not constitute nationality. Nationality, for the great powers, is the resultant of various special interests, of the form of developments that are brought about in the course of their history, and the aspirations which derive from them. It impresses upon their politics a certain direction, which in a measure, they are able to follow. It must not be believed that because the idea of nationality plays so important a' role, at the present in the relations between states, that it should actuate the Jews who are coming to Palestine. That cannol exist for them, for wc are dealing here with a coun¬ try about to be formed, where the people who are arriving in ft have lived for cen¬ turies in various countries.,
AVOIDING PITFALLS
I am taking the authority from what I have-already done in Palestine, to impart to you my idea, of how, avoiding the pitfalls into which it might be trapped by illusions, and thc quicksands into which it might be led astray, the Jewish home should evolve, to the end that it may occupy that position world, to which it ought to aspire.
The task whicli you should set yourselves, above all, is to give to the Jew¬ ish national home, that admirable conception, the widest possible significance, and to work with all your strength to develop its prosperity. This prosperity will benefit the whole population of the country. As in time past, you will tinue to have the best relations with your neighbors, thus remaining faithful to th6 principle proclaimed by our ancestors: "Love thy neighbor as thyself".
The development of Israel in Eretz Yisroel can be effected only by linking yourselves once again to your great past through the chain of your traditions. What could a smalt group of Jews isolated upon a corner of the earth, abandoned to the primitive material forces, in the midst of vicissitudes in the life of nations, do to resist tempests which assail and sometimes destroy even the most powerful on earth? You would n4t be able to resist the slightest squall. It would be like those soap bubbles which iridesce with the most beau¬ tiful colors, but which the slightest breath of air blows befpre it. like a shadow which is effected by a cloud.
14,830^832 JEWS IN WORLD, NEW ESTIMATE CLAIMS
BERLIN, (J. T. A.)—Tlie dispute concerning the total number of Jews in the world has become more compli- catetl by the publicatibn here of new fiures gathered by Jacob Lestschinsky
ho claims that the total Jewish popu-
ition of the world today is 14,830,832.
According to thc American Jewish Yearbook the Jewish population of the world consists of 15,000,000, while Trietsch's estimate gives' the number as 17,000,000. (Besides these figures there others less authoratativ.e compiled in America and elsewhere I>cstschin- sky's estimate practically agrees with that of the American Jewish Yearbook.
Poland Planning New Anti-Jewish Measures, Judge Panken Reports
A Pessimistic Picture of Future of Jews in Poland is. Given ni a Re¬ port From Berlin in the "Forward".
NEW YORK.-A pessimistic picture of the condition of Polish Jewry today and of tlie possibilities of the success of the Polish Jewish agreement is given in a report from Berlin in the New York "Forward" today, which carries an interview by its correspondent with Judge Jacob Panken of New York, who has just arrived there, following a trip through Poland.
The prevailing mood in Polish Jewry today is one • of despair and hopeless¬ ness, according to Judge. Panken, who visited many cities and towns In Po¬ land during his stay there. Regarding the Polish Jewish agreement, Judg(i Pan- ken declared that thc majority of the Jews in Poland consider that act a great mistake as thc anti-Semites are employing the agreement as a weapon against thc Jews. ' The anti-Semites point out. that thc Jews in Poland are now to be regarded officially as aliens and not citizens of the country, be¬ cause the rights of citizens are guar¬ anteed by the constittition, whereas Jn the case of the Jews, special. negotia- and agreements, had to he made, as though they were an enemy nation.
Furthermore," thc "Forward" con¬ tinues in its recital of Judge Panken's statements, "there is now no longer anj doubt among thc Jews in Poland that the Polish government simply betrayed the Jews. She promised that the gov¬ ernment monopoly on tobacco and liq¬ uors would not be instituted for the five years,, so that hundreds of Jewish families would not be deprived of their livelihood. Yet, in spite of this, the government is now promulgating the decree which will take away the means
i livelihood from 30,000 Jews."
Judge Panken also makes reference tc the policy of the government in dis¬ charging Jewish employes from to¬ bacco factories, which have been mo¬ nopolized by the government.
The government is preparing to put through further oppressive measures against Jewish laborers. Judge Panken reported. Thus a new project which is being worked out now will prohibit Jewish craftsmen from opening their own workshops without the permission of Polish craft unions. Jewish crafts¬ men will not be able to engage in their trade without a special certificate from thc Polish craft unions and the pro¬ curing of such certificates by Jews i« a very difficult thing in Poland. This project when carried through, Judg< Panken declared, would turn millions ol Jews into actual paupers.
If American Jewry will not raise its voice in protest against the new anti- Jewish measures proposed by the Pol¬ ish government, Judge Panken stated, the plight of Polish Jewry in the near future will be indescribable.
SOME JEWISH COLONIES IN RUS-, SIA EXPECT RICH HARVESTS: IN OTHERS CROP IS RUINED
PURSUIT OF MORAL PERFECTION
In all that you will undertake, in the most humble tasks as in the most sub¬ lime speculations of the spirit, you should seek the character proper to Jew¬ ish aspirations,—the pursuit of moral perfection, which constitutes the essence of our religion. The immortal doctrines of the most elevated spirituality which Israel gave to the world thousands of years ago, at the time when all the na¬ tions who surrounded him were living plunged in the most abnominable bar¬ barity, have maintained the Jewish people always alive, assuring to it its vitality and its persistence during the centuries.
fConcludtd on page i)
MOSCOW,(J. T. A.)-The present situation in the old and new Jewish colonies in Soviet Russia represents picture of hope in the first and dire need in the other.
According to reports received here the Jewish colonies in the district of Krivoy Rog expect an abundant crop, richer than any crop during the last fifteen years. The colonists hope that the expected rich harvests will improve their impoverished situation and relieve them of their indebtedness.
In the district of Odessa, only three Jewish colonies, Babytcufc. Kernitidiki| and Miisayeva have good harvests, cording to the reports of the Odessa' Ort committee. In the other twelve Jewish colonies, the crop has been com¬ pletely ruined. Of the 8Q0 newly set¬ tled families in that district, 60O are in need of food and leeds for the com-| ing autumn sowing.
Middle West Jewish Press Will Aid Jewish Colonization Project
Enthusiastic Conference in Chi¬ cago of Uading JournalUts Determines to Co-operate With David A. Brown
$15,000,000 J. D. C.
CAMPAIGN IS ENDORSED
CHICAGO.-Completc cooperation in the contemplated campaign to raise $1,5,000,000 this fall for foreign recon¬ struction and Jewish agricultural colon¬ ization in iRussia, was pledged to David Brown at a conference of Jewish journalists of the Middle West, which was held at the Standard Club, Chi¬ cago, on Sunday, August 2nd.
The journalists who participated in this conference were: H. L. Meites of thc Chicago Chronicle; J. Z. Jacobson of the Chicago Chronicle; Rabbi S. Mendelsohn of the Sentinel, Chi¬ cago; Nat. S. Hurwitz, Jewish Record, Chicago; R. Ybudelson, Chicago; Leon L. Lewis, B'nai' B'rith Magazine; J. B. Loebner, Chicago Jewish Courier; Sam Towb, Jewish Record, St. Louis; Jacob Margolis, Jewish Chronicle, Detroit; Meyer B. Tcplitz, Jewish Review, Buf¬ falo; Isaac Margolis, Jewish Chronicle, Kansas City, Mo.; Nathan J. Gould, Jewish Chronicle, Milwaukee, Wis. In addition to the journalists present, essages were received from A. Rosen-" thai, editor of "Tlie Modern View", St. Louis, and Leo N. Wiso, editor and pub¬ lisher of "The American Israelite", pledging their support of any action taken by the conference.
inference adopted resolutions setting forth that the need of the Jews foreign lands, and especially in Rus- , was so great as to demand prompt action on the part of American Jewry, and that every effort must be made; to raise a suni adequate for a satisfactory piece of constructive , work in those lands. ' -
. Mr. David A. Brown, who was the principal speaker at the conference, first read a telegram to him from Mr. Felix M. Warburg, chairman of the joint dis- . tribution committee, as follows:
"Please convey to those gathered at the press conference that the joint dis¬ tribution committee is only the servant of American Jewry, and is the instru¬ ment for carrying out their wishes. Conditions in foreign lands and Russia warrant our help at this time, and if the Jews of this country are desirous of continuing their lif4 saving and soul saving efforts, we are ready to do the work. You having a assumed tlie chairmanship of the Wioney gathering effort and having received the promise of the united support of the three com¬ mittees who formerly made their sep¬ arate efforts will make the appeal to the public stronger as a united effort show¬ ing the harmony which fortunately has been existing and which has'been more and more cemented during these years by our joint endeavors."
Mr. Brown then outlined the par¬ ticular features of his report to the joint distribution committee of the re¬ sults of his investigation of the great mass colonization movement in Russia, and the work that had been done by Dr. Rosen and his associates in leading this colonization to the success which it had attained. This success and the general eagerness which the Jews of willingness to undergo all of the hardships that are entailed in their Russia display to take up farming, their transformation from traders to farm- had impressed him with the vast , possibilities of the movement, and prompted him to urge American Jewry to come to their aid.
The discussion which lasted for sev¬ eral hours included the question of Pal¬ estine. Mr. Brown demonstrated to the satisfaction of the conference that the plan to settle Jewi in IRussia was in no way a rival to the settlement of Jews in Palestine. Both are necessary and both are movements which the Jews pf this country will gladly support. '
The question was also asked if this
campaign would harm other Jewish cf-
{Cqniinued on page A)
Ezras Noshim Picnic
Tomorrow, August 16th
The committee in charge of a ments for the big ^11 day picnic to be. held tomorrow at Heimondale Grove under the auspices of the Ezras Noshim society have spared no effort in plaa- ning a delightful program for grown¬ ups and children.
There will be dancing in the pavilion to the music of one of the popular lo¬ cal orchestras. Refreshments of all kinds wUl be served on the grounds.
Come and bring your families and friends.

Central Ohio'a Only
lewlsh Newspaper Rsadting Every Home
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPEk FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Dgfotsd to Jlnmiksm
and
lartAldeaU
Volume VIII —No. 3.
aiHavP Population
COLUMBUS, OlJlO, AUGUST 14, 1925
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
Palestine WUl A Jewish Populal Of 200,000 in 2 Years
120,000,000 Budget Required for
Next Two Years to Keep Pace
With Rapid Development
of Jewish HomeUtnd
IMPORTANT ISSUES TO
BE DISCUSSED AT THE VIENNA ZIONIST CONGRESS
NEW YORK.—Palestine will have a Jewish population of 200,000 in two years if thc present rate of immigra¬ tion is maintained, reauiring a budget of ^120,000,000 for that period to keep pace with the rapid development of thei country, according to Emanuel Neu¬ man, honorary secretary of the Keren' Hayesod, and chairman of the budge committee at the last congress.
Mr. Neuman, just prior to sailing for the Vienna congress, outlined in a state¬ ment, the most vital questions coming before the congress. The paramount problem, he emphasized, was to provide sufficient funds to extend the Zionist' colonization program in Palestifae so that the present high immigration, which in June reached 4200, can be maintained and absorbed in the growing life of the country.
Half of the $20,000,000 required for the next two years to meet the rapid upbuilding of the country, Mr. Neu¬ man pointed out, should be provided in the form of investments approved by Zionist financial institutions. The re¬ maining $10,000,000 should be raised by increasing the funds at the disposal of the Keren Hayesod,' Jewish national fund, Hadassah and Hebrew university fund. Under his plan for the next two years contributions to the Keren Haye¬ sod must reach thc $6,000,000 mark; Jewish national fund, $3,000,000; with the balance of $1,000,000 coming from Hadassah and the Hebrew university fund.
' "The extension of the Jewish agency in its essential features: will, no doubt, be carried at the congress," Mr. Neu¬ man-stated. "There will be a debate, - '^yf^eouriiefAaiit the- subjeet hits- tost of its edge. If will neither be attacked nor defended with the same passion of two years ago. Circumstances have changed.
"I believe that our, chief immediate concern must be first, to maintain the present rate of immigration' into Pal- " estine, which would mean with the next congress^ a liopulation of at least 200,- 000 Jews; secondly, the absorption of thc general economic life of the coun¬ try; and, thirdly, the settling of a suf¬ ficient number on .the land to offset the rapid growth of the towns. These must be our principal tasks between our next congress. Tl>e Jewish agency even if it is constituted and functioning by the end of this year can hardly be expected at ithe beginning to bring a great measure of support, particularly in view of the heavy responsibilities which' have been assumed by many leaders of American Jewi-y in connection with re- , lief and the Crimean colonization. It will, therefore, be necessary for the Zionist forces to redouble their efforts during the next two years.
"I have received Dr. Ruppin's' pro¬ posed draft of the new budget which ^ represents an increase of nearly 50 per cent over the old budget. No doubt we Americans will be required to assume a larger obligation than heretofore, par¬ ticularly since thc European countries have greatly increased their tontribu- tions to the Keren Hayesod in the past year.
"Even that will not solye the land problem which is perhaps the most pressing in Palestine today. Apart from political action calculated to ob¬ tain government grants of land, ex¬ traordinary measures must be taken to secure, if possible at one stroke, suffi¬ cient funds to enable the Jewish na¬ tional fund to acquire large tracts of land before they are out bf reach. "To keep pace with the rapid develop- (Concluded on page 4J
EXCELSIOR CLUB MEM¬ BERS, ATTENTION
Mr. Max Weinberger, president of the Excelsior Qub of Columbus, has just announced a Picnic-Dance for the members and their families Tuesday, August {!5, from 5 to 12 P. M. at the Green MiU.
Special arrangements are being made to afford every one attending a most pleas-^ ant time.
Watch the next issue of the Chronicle for more par- ticuhirs.
The Address of Barofi Edmond de Rothschild,
Delivered at Tel AViv, During His Recent
Visit to Palestine
Council in Momentous International Exposition At Philadelphia, in 192^
Jewish Woman's Work in the United States to be Featured by the Na¬ tional Council of Jewish Women.
NEW YORIC-In the Scsquicentcn- lial international exposition that is- to be held in Philadelphia in 1926, in com¬ memoration of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of In¬ dependence, the National Council of Jewish Women will be represented. Ir exhibit, this organization will fea¬ ture the contribution that has been made to the life of America by the Jewish womanhood of this land, ing through thc national council of Jewish women.
Among the activities that- will vividly portrayed are its work at the ports in welcoming the immigrant; its citizenship classes; its health and schol¬ arship program among the children of the public schools; its vacation camps to build vigorous motherhood, boyhood and girlhood; its work on the farms and in-the rural districts,, in developing a" growing'Jewish farmers' group; its civic programs; and the preparation of its own members for intelligent partici¬ pation 'in political affairs. The exhibit will also present the comprehensive philanthropic program of the national council of Jewish women in thc cities of the United States, as well as its re¬ ligious and cultural activities.
The national council of Jewish women has participated in many of the most significant expositions held in the United States. It was awarded a gold medal for the effectiveness of its ex¬ hibit at .the Jamestown exposition in 1007, in the very same year that it was given a similar recognition at the Paris exposition. These exhibits v. •angctl during the incumbency of Mrs. Hannah G. Solomon of Chicago, as the organization's president, A second rec ognition in America came from the Pan¬ ama-Pacific international exposition "af San Francisco in 1915, during the presi¬ dency of Mrs. 'Nathaniel E. Harris of Bradford, Pa. This exhibit, which had been arranged by Miss Rose Brenner of Brooklyn, N. Y., the present head of thc national council of Jewish women, was also awarded a gold medal.
The exhibit at the Sesquicentennial international exposition in Philadelphia next year will feature several tivities that have been undertaken since its.last public exhibit at any exposition.
The participation of the national council of Jewish women in the Phila¬ delphia exposition recalls thc interest¬ ing fact that its birth took place at the world's fair at Chicago in' 1893, where thc congress of Jewish women assem¬ bled under the leadership of Mrs, Han- nail G. Solomon for the world's par¬ liament of religions.
Dr. Lewis R. Basch
Announces Opening
of Dental Ofiices|
Dr. Lewis R. Basch, 1655 Franklin Ave., who graduated recently from the college of dentistry of Ohio State Uni¬ versity, has opened up offices in the Medical Arts building for the general practice of dentistry. Dr. Basch will specializte in ghildren's preventive dent¬ istry. Those desiring to make appoint¬ ments may call Citizen 3900 or Belt, M-1442.
The CuRONrcLE congratulates Basch upon his auspicious beginning and' trusts, that his endeavors will be fruit¬ ful of much success.
POLISH GOV. DISCHARGES WORK¬ ERS IN TOBACCO FACTORIES FOR REFUSAL TO WORK ON SATURDAY
WARSAW.-For declining to work on Saturday and Jewish holidays a num¬ ber of Jewish tobacco workers, mainly girls, ismployed in the tobacco factor¬ ies now owned by the government, were discharged.
Since the state monopoly has become | effective a tendency to discharge Jewish workers without compensation has be¬ come noticeable.
Three hundred Jewish weavers went on strike yesterday in Lodi because of the fact that their wages have not been paid.
Meet all your friends at the Ezras Noshim picnic tomorrow (Sunday), August 1, at Heimondale Grove.
I turn my heart full of gratitude towards the Almighty who has granted me the favor, in thc evening of my life, to witness the admirable spectacle of xtioii of Israel. When I Idbk back in my mind to the distant period of nearly d half century ago, when I commenced my work, and when I look back in my memory to the Palestine of those days, with its soil covered with stones, thistles and weetls, at' those unhappy fcUahins who rtied to wring from the barren
a meagre harvest, it all seems to mc like a dream.
Then, in the face of the terrible sufferings of the Jewish populatioi
crn Europe, crushed beneath the Weight of oppressions, terrorized by bloody pogroms, in spite of the deplorable slWe of Palestine, I saw salvation only in the return to the Holy Land. I believed that it was there that thc Jews would be able to show to the world their motal apd intellectual worth, as well as their capacity for work, and I entertained thc hope that Israel would take on new life in Eretz Yisroel.
A MOSTT hAppY REACTION
Far from me was the thought df an exodus of all the Jews in Palestine. I thought of thc establishment only of a. center as important as possible, -where there would develop the Jewish genilis and thc great intellectual culture of our race, to such an extent that it would have a most happy reaction upon the sit¬ uation of the Jews all over the world. But in order to attain that end, it was on land where it was necessary to bdgin by establishing the first foundation. It was necessary, to organize agricultural work. The pioneers of thc earliest days fought bravely against disease as well as against the. untractable land which showed itself unresponsive to all their efforts. The first groups soon became hamlets. Finally, after having triunlphed over all difficulties, material as well as political, those hamlets have becohic splendid colonies. They used to say mc in those remote days: "You are bliilding on sand," but this sand has changed into stone, and, as thc Psalmist says., this stone has become the ROSH PINAH, thc keystone of the arch of the great edifice of Israel.
Thc sight of these fields so well' cultivated, these orchards, these vineyards, these orange groves that stand out like an oasis! of verdure in these desert plains, will attest the perseverance, the ardor for work of the Jews. The pression which it has made in the wdrld was of tremendous service to the J< ish cause, when the generous movement, created by ah inspiration stamped with so much grandeur, inspired a sentiment of solidarity among the Jews and as¬ sumed such large proportions that it brought about, since the peace treaty, the proclamation of a national home.
That thc ieaders of great states have proclaimed the Jewish national home, that the League of Nations has recognized it,—should we not see in this the realization of that prediction which, during so many long centuries of suffering and woe had sustained the courage of our ancestors and which, after two mil- lenia, finds itself realized? "A day will come when all the nations of the world will bring back the Israelites to the Holy Land." What joy to live at this blessed time when one can say that that day has come!
Since that, time, what a marvellous sight is this, surpassing all that for which the imagination cvould ha^fk hoped. In the past four years, under the able ad¬ ministration of Sir Herbert Samuel, just towards all, without distinction of race] or religion, which has reestablished, «MJcr and peace in this country, where be¬ fore was a most arbitrary government, to what heights has Israel been able to soar!
On all sides there .have sprupg up new colonies which, in time, will equal the older ones in prosperity. Towns, completely Jewish, have been established. Tel Aviv has become a large city, a veritable human hive, buzzing with activity and labor. Private initiative has created here industries of every sort, and thus with the progress which the colonies have made, we can say that the national home is supported on two solid foundations,—agriculture and industry.
MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL LABOR
But that which should constitute the truly Jewish character of the national home is moral and intellectual labor; it is in this direction above all that the Jewish genius can develop. Thus, the opening of the university ought to be recorded as a great event in the modern history of Judaism. Having, as we do, in the various countries throughout the world, in every, branch of science, so many worthy representatives, why may we not presage that the Jewish uni¬ versity will shine with great splendor, both in the domain of pure science as well as in the realm of sublime speculative thought, philosophic and religious, and that that we will produce some day more Einstcins and more Bergson
It is in Hebrew, the language of our forefathers, that instruction will be given at the university. From my very first.visit to the colonies, I have insisted that the instruction in the schools be given in Hebrew, i and I was able to at¬ test before long, to my joy, that Hebrew had again became a living tongue. The Jews, coming from different countries, were thus able'to converse comnion language, which established for them a bond between the present and the past, re-linking them to the soul of our ancestors. While language pro¬ motes cohesion between people, it does not constitute nationality. Nationality, for the great powers, is the resultant of various special interests, of the form of developments that are brought about in the course of their history, and the aspirations which derive from them. It impresses upon their politics a certain direction, which in a measure, they are able to follow. It must not be believed that because the idea of nationality plays so important a' role, at the present in the relations between states, that it should actuate the Jews who are coming to Palestine. That cannol exist for them, for wc are dealing here with a coun¬ try about to be formed, where the people who are arriving in ft have lived for cen¬ turies in various countries.,
AVOIDING PITFALLS
I am taking the authority from what I have-already done in Palestine, to impart to you my idea, of how, avoiding the pitfalls into which it might be trapped by illusions, and thc quicksands into which it might be led astray, the Jewish home should evolve, to the end that it may occupy that position world, to which it ought to aspire.
The task whicli you should set yourselves, above all, is to give to the Jew¬ ish national home, that admirable conception, the widest possible significance, and to work with all your strength to develop its prosperity. This prosperity will benefit the whole population of the country. As in time past, you will tinue to have the best relations with your neighbors, thus remaining faithful to th6 principle proclaimed by our ancestors: "Love thy neighbor as thyself".
The development of Israel in Eretz Yisroel can be effected only by linking yourselves once again to your great past through the chain of your traditions. What could a smalt group of Jews isolated upon a corner of the earth, abandoned to the primitive material forces, in the midst of vicissitudes in the life of nations, do to resist tempests which assail and sometimes destroy even the most powerful on earth? You would n4t be able to resist the slightest squall. It would be like those soap bubbles which iridesce with the most beau¬ tiful colors, but which the slightest breath of air blows befpre it. like a shadow which is effected by a cloud.
14,830^832 JEWS IN WORLD, NEW ESTIMATE CLAIMS
BERLIN, (J. T. A.)—Tlie dispute concerning the total number of Jews in the world has become more compli- catetl by the publicatibn here of new fiures gathered by Jacob Lestschinsky
ho claims that the total Jewish popu-
ition of the world today is 14,830,832.
According to thc American Jewish Yearbook the Jewish population of the world consists of 15,000,000, while Trietsch's estimate gives' the number as 17,000,000. (Besides these figures there others less authoratativ.e compiled in America and elsewhere I>cstschin- sky's estimate practically agrees with that of the American Jewish Yearbook.
Poland Planning New Anti-Jewish Measures, Judge Panken Reports
A Pessimistic Picture of Future of Jews in Poland is. Given ni a Re¬ port From Berlin in the "Forward".
NEW YORK.-A pessimistic picture of the condition of Polish Jewry today and of tlie possibilities of the success of the Polish Jewish agreement is given in a report from Berlin in the New York "Forward" today, which carries an interview by its correspondent with Judge Jacob Panken of New York, who has just arrived there, following a trip through Poland.
The prevailing mood in Polish Jewry today is one • of despair and hopeless¬ ness, according to Judge. Panken, who visited many cities and towns In Po¬ land during his stay there. Regarding the Polish Jewish agreement, Judg(i Pan- ken declared that thc majority of the Jews in Poland consider that act a great mistake as thc anti-Semites are employing the agreement as a weapon against thc Jews. ' The anti-Semites point out. that thc Jews in Poland are now to be regarded officially as aliens and not citizens of the country, be¬ cause the rights of citizens are guar¬ anteed by the constittition, whereas Jn the case of the Jews, special. negotia- and agreements, had to he made, as though they were an enemy nation.
Furthermore," thc "Forward" con¬ tinues in its recital of Judge Panken's statements, "there is now no longer anj doubt among thc Jews in Poland that the Polish government simply betrayed the Jews. She promised that the gov¬ ernment monopoly on tobacco and liq¬ uors would not be instituted for the five years,, so that hundreds of Jewish families would not be deprived of their livelihood. Yet, in spite of this, the government is now promulgating the decree which will take away the means
i livelihood from 30,000 Jews."
Judge Panken also makes reference tc the policy of the government in dis¬ charging Jewish employes from to¬ bacco factories, which have been mo¬ nopolized by the government.
The government is preparing to put through further oppressive measures against Jewish laborers. Judge Panken reported. Thus a new project which is being worked out now will prohibit Jewish craftsmen from opening their own workshops without the permission of Polish craft unions. Jewish crafts¬ men will not be able to engage in their trade without a special certificate from thc Polish craft unions and the pro¬ curing of such certificates by Jews i« a very difficult thing in Poland. This project when carried through, Judg< Panken declared, would turn millions ol Jews into actual paupers.
If American Jewry will not raise its voice in protest against the new anti- Jewish measures proposed by the Pol¬ ish government, Judge Panken stated, the plight of Polish Jewry in the near future will be indescribable.
SOME JEWISH COLONIES IN RUS-, SIA EXPECT RICH HARVESTS: IN OTHERS CROP IS RUINED
PURSUIT OF MORAL PERFECTION
In all that you will undertake, in the most humble tasks as in the most sub¬ lime speculations of the spirit, you should seek the character proper to Jew¬ ish aspirations,—the pursuit of moral perfection, which constitutes the essence of our religion. The immortal doctrines of the most elevated spirituality which Israel gave to the world thousands of years ago, at the time when all the na¬ tions who surrounded him were living plunged in the most abnominable bar¬ barity, have maintained the Jewish people always alive, assuring to it its vitality and its persistence during the centuries.
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MOSCOW,(J. T. A.)-The present situation in the old and new Jewish colonies in Soviet Russia represents picture of hope in the first and dire need in the other.
According to reports received here the Jewish colonies in the district of Krivoy Rog expect an abundant crop, richer than any crop during the last fifteen years. The colonists hope that the expected rich harvests will improve their impoverished situation and relieve them of their indebtedness.
In the district of Odessa, only three Jewish colonies, Babytcufc. Kernitidiki| and Miisayeva have good harvests, cording to the reports of the Odessa' Ort committee. In the other twelve Jewish colonies, the crop has been com¬ pletely ruined. Of the 8Q0 newly set¬ tled families in that district, 60O are in need of food and leeds for the com-| ing autumn sowing.
Middle West Jewish Press Will Aid Jewish Colonization Project
Enthusiastic Conference in Chi¬ cago of Uading JournalUts Determines to Co-operate With David A. Brown
$15,000,000 J. D. C.
CAMPAIGN IS ENDORSED
CHICAGO.-Completc cooperation in the contemplated campaign to raise $1,5,000,000 this fall for foreign recon¬ struction and Jewish agricultural colon¬ ization in iRussia, was pledged to David Brown at a conference of Jewish journalists of the Middle West, which was held at the Standard Club, Chi¬ cago, on Sunday, August 2nd.
The journalists who participated in this conference were: H. L. Meites of thc Chicago Chronicle; J. Z. Jacobson of the Chicago Chronicle; Rabbi S. Mendelsohn of the Sentinel, Chi¬ cago; Nat. S. Hurwitz, Jewish Record, Chicago; R. Ybudelson, Chicago; Leon L. Lewis, B'nai' B'rith Magazine; J. B. Loebner, Chicago Jewish Courier; Sam Towb, Jewish Record, St. Louis; Jacob Margolis, Jewish Chronicle, Detroit; Meyer B. Tcplitz, Jewish Review, Buf¬ falo; Isaac Margolis, Jewish Chronicle, Kansas City, Mo.; Nathan J. Gould, Jewish Chronicle, Milwaukee, Wis. In addition to the journalists present, essages were received from A. Rosen-" thai, editor of "Tlie Modern View", St. Louis, and Leo N. Wiso, editor and pub¬ lisher of "The American Israelite", pledging their support of any action taken by the conference.
inference adopted resolutions setting forth that the need of the Jews foreign lands, and especially in Rus- , was so great as to demand prompt action on the part of American Jewry, and that every effort must be made; to raise a suni adequate for a satisfactory piece of constructive , work in those lands. ' -
. Mr. David A. Brown, who was the principal speaker at the conference, first read a telegram to him from Mr. Felix M. Warburg, chairman of the joint dis- . tribution committee, as follows:
"Please convey to those gathered at the press conference that the joint dis¬ tribution committee is only the servant of American Jewry, and is the instru¬ ment for carrying out their wishes. Conditions in foreign lands and Russia warrant our help at this time, and if the Jews of this country are desirous of continuing their lif4 saving and soul saving efforts, we are ready to do the work. You having a assumed tlie chairmanship of the Wioney gathering effort and having received the promise of the united support of the three com¬ mittees who formerly made their sep¬ arate efforts will make the appeal to the public stronger as a united effort show¬ ing the harmony which fortunately has been existing and which has'been more and more cemented during these years by our joint endeavors."
Mr. Brown then outlined the par¬ ticular features of his report to the joint distribution committee of the re¬ sults of his investigation of the great mass colonization movement in Russia, and the work that had been done by Dr. Rosen and his associates in leading this colonization to the success which it had attained. This success and the general eagerness which the Jews of willingness to undergo all of the hardships that are entailed in their Russia display to take up farming, their transformation from traders to farm- had impressed him with the vast , possibilities of the movement, and prompted him to urge American Jewry to come to their aid.
The discussion which lasted for sev¬ eral hours included the question of Pal¬ estine. Mr. Brown demonstrated to the satisfaction of the conference that the plan to settle Jewi in IRussia was in no way a rival to the settlement of Jews in Palestine. Both are necessary and both are movements which the Jews pf this country will gladly support. '
The question was also asked if this
campaign would harm other Jewish cf-
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Ezras Noshim Picnic
Tomorrow, August 16th
The committee in charge of a ments for the big ^11 day picnic to be. held tomorrow at Heimondale Grove under the auspices of the Ezras Noshim society have spared no effort in plaa- ning a delightful program for grown¬ ups and children.
There will be dancing in the pavilion to the music of one of the popular lo¬ cal orchestras. Refreshments of all kinds wUl be served on the grounds.
Come and bring your families and friends.